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2 the tribune thursday february is 1978 traffic lights suspect family seeks witnesses to crash the family of andrew nauta 19 are looking for witnesses to an accident involving the young man which took place late friday night feb 3 three persons ere seriously injured when two cars collided at the intersection of highway 48 and bloomington rd mr nauta was westbound on blooming- ton when be collided with a northbound car driven by william cheetham 44 of uxbndge charges are still pending jean nauta mr nauta s mother said her son is convinced the traffic lights at the in- tersection were malfunctioning that evening he is very certain be didnt go through a red light mrs nauta told the tribune since the accident mrs nauta has spoken to two area residents who told her they have noticed irregularities in the action of the lights at that intersection thea hulshof a teller at the stouffville credit union said a week after the accident the lights went from green to yellow and then back to green again tribune employee doreen deacon said she was stopped by a red light at that intersection once and the light didnt turn back to green finally she just drove on bert knight traffic analyst with the ministry of transportation and communications in a telephone interview early this week told the tribune his department has received no com plaints regarding the functioning of the lights mr knight said the ministry had no reason to suspect any malfunction on the part of the signal lights mr cheetham and his 72 year old mother-in- law elizabeth farquhar were both thrown from their vehicle mr nauta who was pinned inside his car was just this week removed from intensive care and taken off intrevenous he suffered pelvis and lung damage but is now- reported to be improving any witnesses to the accident or anyone who has noticed irregularities in the operation of the light is asked to call mrs i nauta at 2941939 mrs nauta feels it unlikely her son could have fallen asleep as he was only travelling a short distance fire fund started widow homeless coppins corners a widow mrs paterson and her four sons were left homeless sunday night when a fire gutted their wood frame house for more details see page 6 it took the tribune three weeks to learn that the driver of this car judy low received only minor injuries when the car was struck broadside at the gormley intersection by a don anderson haulage truck the anderson driver has been charged loiswideman ministry of housing ontario the planning act notice of amendment to the ministers restricted area orders- towns of markham whitchurchstouffville ajax whitby pickering and township ofuxbridge take notice that the minister of housing proposes to amend the restricted area orders filed as ontario regulations 10472 town of markham 10172 town of whitchurchstouffville 1874 town of ajax and 46774 town of whitby 1974 and 10272 town of pickering and 10372 township of uxbridge the effect of these amendments will be to reduce the coverage area of the restricted area zoning orders to apply to the lands shown on the map below this change is proposed to ensure the level of the aircraft noise used to determine the extent of land use control is the same for the proposed pickering airport as for other airports in the province all submissions in support of or in opposition to the proposal described above and received by the ministry of housing 7th floor 56 wellesley street west toronto ontario on or before the 1st day of march 1978 will be fully considered before a final decision is made thereon in addition under section 329 of the planning act any interested person may request a hearing by the ontario municipal board on a proposal to amend a restricted area order claude bennett minister of housing vehicle demolished but girl driver alive following accident gormley residents of the hamlet who believe a fatal collision occurred at the intersection of gormley rd and woodbine ave jan 25 will be relieved to know the victim is alive and well a northbound car driven by judy low 26 of toronto stopped at the intersection to make a left turn when it was struck broadside by don anderson haulaj truck it was believed the girl who was rushed by ambulance to hospital had been seriously in jured and rumours later spread through the hamlet that the girl had died enroute to hospital a tribune photographer was on the scene and took pictures of the vehicles but later attempts to discover the fate of the injured w oman proved fruitless until a report was obtained this week from york regional police the girl whose 6500 1977 cordoba was com pletely destroyed is reported to be at home and fully mobile truck driver robert jones 41 of leaskdale has been charged for running through an amber light the accident oc curred at 745 a m stouffville amends planning fee policy stouffville the town of whitchurch stouffville has amended the planning fee policy for the town the amendment states a new building lot for which a building permit is immediately up 12 york draft budget the preliminary draft of the york county board of educations 1978 budget totals 825 million up 12 per cent from 1977 expenditures of 739 million bob mcmonagle chairman of the finance committee felt that the 1978 budget has areas where 25 million could be cut while trustee norm weller said the board should be aiming for a 45 million cut the board is hampered because staff does not present the budget earlier in the year but cuts in the budget are still possible available the fees to be charged shall be only 50 per cent of the applicable amounts set out above the usual amount charged for a lot severance is 3500 thus making the new fee 1750 the purpose of charging lot fees is to help defray expenses the town may acquire in providing new services for new residents councillors june button and becky wedley felt that the proposed amount was unjustifiable as the new severances quite often involve people who have lived in the community for years and have through the payment of their taxes paid their portion for services provided by the town they were the only councillors to oppose the amendment separate school board wants drug education richmond hill the education com mittee of the york region separate school board has recommended drug education for grades 5 to 8 if the recom mendation is adopted by the board the medical uses of drugs would be taught to students in grade 5 sections on tobacco and alcohol would be taught at the grade 8 level and grades 7 and 8 would be in structed in the entire aspect of drugs noel cooper religious education and family life program co ordinator for the separate school board prepared the report which received unanimous approval in principle from the education committee newmarket trustee kathy taylor com mended the report for dealing with the entire aspect of drugs including the positive uses and abuses the alcohol awareness program underway at king city secondary school will be investigated for possible inclusion in the curriculum at st roberts secondary school the recommendation will be on the separate school boards agenda when it meets feb 21 con artist struck bank companies the guaranty trust co of canada 81 main st west stouffville and the bank of nova scotia markham have been the victims of a con artist and york regional police are investigating police say a man representing himself as a businessman from manitoba went to the bank of nova scotia at markham in october of 1977 and said he wished to transfer funds from an account in manitoba to that bank because he was setting up operations in ontario on the basis of documents provided by the suspect the bank issued him a cheque book the suspect then issued himself a cheque using an alias and had this cheque cashed at the guaranty trust co in stouffville the cheque was later returned and investigation revealed that the suspect had no account in manitoba to transfer the suspect is presently serving a term in kingston penitentiary and 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